2025-26 FAFSA & CA DREAM Act is Now Available!

The 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and California Dream Act Application (CADAA) are now open. Apply early to maximize your financial aid opportunities. The priority deadline is April 2, 2025. Visit FAFSA.gov or dream.csac.ca.gov to get started.

2024-25 FAFSA & CA DREAM Act Application Still Open!

If you haven’t completed your 2024-2025 FAFSA or CADAA, it’s not too late. Submissions are still accepted. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to explore available financial aid options.

For assistance, visit our Application Assistance webpage.

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Important Announcement: Financial Aid Processing Updates
We appreciate your patience as we work diligently to process financial aid applications and respond to inquiries. Due to a high volume of requests, processing times may be longer than usual, and responses to emails and calls may take additional time.

We are committed to assisting you as quickly as possible and appreciate your cooperation during this period. To help expediate your experience, we encourage you to visit our office during business hours.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Financial Aid Processing and Deadlines

• Please allow 2-4 weeks for processing of verification forms.
• To ensure timely disbursement for the Fall semester, submit all required documents by July 1.
• Documents submitted after this date will be processed in the order received, and eligible students may experience delays in receiving disbursements.
• Plan accordingly to cover expenses such as books and supplies.

Verification forms

Federal CARES Act

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is a package of over $2 trillion intended to provide relief from the public health and economic impacts of COVID-19. The act contained provisions specifically intended to provide relief for higher education institutions and their students.

If you have any questions, please contact the Chabot Financial Aid Office by emailing 
cc-finaid@chabotcollege.edu from your secure ZoneMail email account.

Visit our CARES Report webpage for details about award criteria.
Visit our CARES Emergency Aid webpage to for additional details.

Extraordinary Withdrawal

Please be advised of the updated grading, refund, and extraordinary withdrawal policies for 2021, effective Spring 2021. Students who have been impacted by the pandemic can initiate a request for the "Extraordinary Withdrawal due to COVID-19" through MyPortal. Documentation is not typically required*, however the student must initiate this Extraordinary Withdrawal themselves, and attest to the reason that the withdrawal is due to Covid-19 (CV19); it cannot be initiated by faculty.

The Chabot-Las Positas College Community College District Grading Policy can be seen here.

The CLPCCD Grading Policy Message to Students can be seen here.

Under the CARES Act, the Department of Education has extended relief benefits for students who must withdraw from their classes due to Covid-19 (CV19) after receiving federal financial aid. 

• While our office still must recalculate how much financial aid a student was actually eligible to receive based on the last date of attendance, the student may not have to repay that aid to the College or the Department of Education.
• The Department of Education will exclude from a student’s Subsidized Loan usage (SULA) and Federal Pell Grant lifetime eligibility used (LEU) any payment during a period that the student does not complete due to this qualifying emergency.
• Further, we may be able to exclude those withdrawn units due to CV19 from our calculation of a student’s Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), which determines eligibility for aid in future terms.

*A student may receive the CARES Act withdrawal benefits more than one term.  However, per the Department of Education, should the College find a student withdrawing from more than one semester due to CV19, they suggest that it is reasonable to require documentation of student circumstances prior to consideration of applying the CARES Act relief in the subsequent term.If requested, the student must provide the College with a written attestation explaining why the withdrawal was the result of Covid-19, along with documentation that would support the student’s claim. If sent via student’s ZoneMail email, no signature required. In the event that the Financial Aid Office does not accept the student’s assertion that their withdrawal was due to CV19, or no such attestation and documentation is received, the withdrawal will not be considered Covid-related, and the student will still be subject to repayment of financial aid received per recalculation, and all attempted units will be used to calculate SAP.

You may be eligible for up to $20,000 in federal student loan cancellation based on your income!

The White House has announced a $10,000 forgiveness for qualifying federal student loan borrowers/$20,000 forgiveness for qualifying Federal Pell Grant recipients/suspended all federal student loan payments and waived interest charges on federally held loans until 12/31/22. Please carefully consider these changes before refinancing federally held loans with any private loan company, as in doing so you will no longer qualify for these changes or other future benefits applicable to federally held loans. 

Click here for more information on The Biden-Harris Administration's Student Debt Relief Plan!

Stay Informed

• Regularly check your Zonemail for updates and important information regarding your financial aid status. Ensure your contact information is current to receive timely notifications.